Getting Meteor to work in Windows 7

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I’ve been trying for awhile now to get Meteor working on my computer but keep getting this in the console… Says it is waiting on packages and then just hangs for hours… This is the console output…

C:\Users\Alex>cd todos

C:\Users\Alex\todos>meteor
[[[[[ C:\Users\Alex\todos ]]]]]

=> Started proxy.
=> Started MongoDB.
=> Errors prevented startup:

While processing files with ecmascript (for target web.browser):
fs.js:488:19: EISDIR, illegal operation on a directory
at Object.fs.readSync (fs.js:488:19)
at Object.readSync
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.10\mt-os.window
s.x86_32\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\cordova-lib\node_modules\npm\node_modules\g
raceful-fs\polyfills.js:110:28)
at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:327:28)
at OptionManager.addConfig
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:96:35)
at OptionManager.findConfigs
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:171:32)
at OptionManager.init
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:229:12)
at File.initOptions
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\index.js:147:75)
at new File
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\index.js:137:22)
at Pipeline.transform
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\pipeline.js:164:16)
at
C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile-
ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\index.js:26:18
at Cache.Cp.get
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\cache.js:89:19)
at Object.compile
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\index.js:20:23)
at Object.Babel.compile (packages/babel-compiler/babel.js:42:1)
at packages/babel-compiler/babel-compiler.js:58:1
at Array.forEach (native)
at BabelCompiler.BCp.processFilesForTarget
(packages/babel-compiler/babel-compiler.js:17:1)

While processing files with ecmascript (for target web.cordova):
fs.js:488:19: EISDIR, illegal operation on a directory
at Object.fs.readSync (fs.js:488:19)
at Object.readSync
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.10\mt-os.window
s.x86_32\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\cordova-lib\node_modules\npm\node_modules\g
raceful-fs\polyfills.js:110:28)
at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:327:28)
at OptionManager.addConfig
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:96:35)
at OptionManager.findConfigs
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:171:32)
at OptionManager.init
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:229:12)
at File.initOptions
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\index.js:147:75)
at new File
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\index.js:137:22)
at Pipeline.transform
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\pipeline.js:164:16)
at
C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile-
ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\index.js:26:18
at Cache.Cp.get
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\cache.js:89:19)
at Object.compile
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\index.js:20:23)
at Object.Babel.compile (packages/babel-compiler/babel.js:42:1)
at packages/babel-compiler/babel-compiler.js:58:1
at Array.forEach (native)
at BabelCompiler.BCp.processFilesForTarget
(packages/babel-compiler/babel-compiler.js:17:1)

While processing files with ecmascript (for target os.windows.x86_32):
fs.js:488:19: EISDIR, illegal operation on a directory
at Object.fs.readSync (fs.js:488:19)
at Object.readSync
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.10\mt-os.window
s.x86_32\dev_bundle\lib\node_modules\cordova-lib\node_modules\npm\node_modules\g
raceful-fs\polyfills.js:110:28)
at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:327:28)
at OptionManager.addConfig
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:96:35)
at OptionManager.findConfigs
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:171:32)
at OptionManager.init
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\options\option-manager.js:229:12)
at File.initOptions
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\index.js:147:75)
at new File
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\file\index.js:137:22)
at Pipeline.transform
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\node_modules\babel-c
ore\lib\transformation\pipeline.js:164:16)
at
C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile-
ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\index.js:26:18
at Cache.Cp.get
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\cache.js:89:19)
at Object.compile
(C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\ecmascript\0.1.6\plugin.compile
-ecmascript.os\npm\babel-compiler\node_modules\meteor-babel\index.js:20:23)
at Object.Babel.compile (packages/babel-compiler/babel.js:42:1)
at packages/babel-compiler/babel-compiler.js:58:1
at Array.forEach (native)
at BabelCompiler.BCp.processFilesForTarget
(packages/babel-compiler/babel-compiler.js:17:1)

=> Your application has errors. Waiting for file change.

I’d really like to try out your program, but…
Any help will be greatly appreciated!

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  • Have you tried running the console as admin?
  • Are you using version 1.2.1?
  • Have you made any changes to the project?
3

I am using the latest version, and I can’t even open the program to start a project.
I’m the only one who uses my laptop, so I guess I am the admin…

4

In Win7 sometimes you need to actually run the program in administrator mode:

5

Tried that, got the same errors and console hanging!